OK, I'm on trial license of cPanel WHM. And before purchasing it, I'd need to know I can get it working (which I hope is understandable)

Normally I'm use to Debian Linux with Direct Admin or simply apt-get install packages. So CentOS (6.3) is overall new to me and installing & managing cPanel is a whole new world.

So please be a little gentle from someone who is normally a Microsoft Windows user who typically plays with Ubuntu or Debian.

I've successfully installed cPanel WHM 11.36.0 (build 9) which is the current version. All services are running, but I keep being told lfd is down. A quick Google search tells me this is a process that helps prevent Brute-force attacks. I have mixed thoughts about such services....

While they maybe design to help keep people out, they sometimes can be a problem onto themselves (my opinion, lefts not debate it). I use incapsula.com so often people's IP addresses come from there (think CloudFlare alternative, but faster).

So I'd like to either figure out how to get this running or turn it off so that I don't need to worry about it. Whichever one is easier (I'm generally good with either solution).

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2) Not enabling cPHulk. Which by the way DOES seem to include ldf (compare yourself if you're in doubt)

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cPHulk does not include LFD. They provide a similar function (banning log-in attempts based on failures) but they are not in any way related to each other. cPHulk is built into cPanel, while LFD (along with its parent, CSF, of which it is a component) is a completely separate product from a separate company called ConfigServer.

Neither CSF nor LFD exists at all on a cPanel server unless you install them. We do not develop them and we do not distribute them.